{"id":28598,"date":"2022-10-03T08:29:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T12:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=28598"},"modified":"2022-10-05T10:39:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T14:39:43","slug":"native-sun-news-today-powwow-returns-to-black-hills-after-covid-19-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/10\/03\/native-sun-news-today-powwow-returns-to-black-hills-after-covid-19-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Sun News Today: Powwow returns to Black Hills after COVID-19 absence"},"content":{"rendered":" \"Black<\/a>
Executive Director of Visit Rapid City, Brook Kaufman, presents a $5,000 check to He Sapa Wacipi Na Oskate board including Eyapaha Whitney Rencountre, President Steven Yellow Hawk, and Vice-President Dew Bad Warrior-Ganje. Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hupa \/ Native Sun News Today<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
\u2018He Sapa Wacipi Na Oskate\u2019 returns after two years <\/div>\r\n
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Monday, October 3, 2022<\/div>\r\n
By Ernestine Anunkasan Hupa<\/div>\r\n
Native Sun News Today Assistant Editor <\/div>\r\n
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<\/p>\r\n\r\nRAPID CITY, South Dakota — Once again, the heartbeat of Ina Maka<\/em> will reverberate throughout the foothills of the Black Hills as the 34th Annual He Sapa Wacipi Na Oskate<\/a> kicks off next weekend at the new Monument Summit Arena.

<\/p>\r\nThis year, after a two-year hiatus due to Covid<\/a>, the Black Hills Powwow Association welcomes back the Oyate for a three-day event that opens Friday evening October 7 and runs through October 9.

<\/p>\r\nLast week Prairie Edge hosted a special reception for local business owners who have offered not only financial but also moral support to the powwow over the years. \r\nSteven Yellow Hawk who has served as the President of the BHPA for the past 12 years said he is looking forward to continuing to grow the event into the largest powwow in the world.

<\/p>\r\n\u201cWe still have those visions and those dreams. I think moving forward we will get there,\u201d Yellow Hawk said, and also said that the Black Hills Powwow was the first powwow that he ever danced at as a young boy and he understands the positive impact it has on the youth. \r\n

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<\/p>\r\nVice-president Dew Bad Warrior-Ganje who is involved in all aspects of organizing the powwow said a new addition to this year\u2019s powwow will be Wacipi 101. She described it as an opportunity to build bridges of understanding between all community members. She said a blessing of the new facility conducted by Reverend Gerald Yellow Hawk will take place on October 7 in lieu of the former Sponsorship breakfast. \r\n

<\/p>\r\nCommunity Ambassador Jim Scull of Scull Construction who spoke next said \u201cThis is a real blending and melding of cultures. We have a substantial number of Native Americans in this community that are an economic power here. We are starting to realize the value of what we have here and the possibilities.\u201d \r\n

<\/p>\r\nScull said the Powwow has come a long way from its humble beginning and has flourished under the leadership of Steven Yellow Hawk. \u201cIt\u2019s come along long way from where it was 10 years ago.\u201d \r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cWe want to be number one in the nation and it is absolutely possible,\u201d Scull said, and added that it is all a matter of money: \u201cIf our community can get together and raise the funds, we can make this a heck of an event.\u201d

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